Tables: How to make the centre column first

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I've divided my page into three columns by creating a table with one row and
3 columns. The first column is pictures of items for sale (in my case,
pictures of houses), the second column is the text for the page (containing
my keywords) and the third is my navigation buttons.

My problem is that search engines scan tables from left to right, so there
are hundreds of lines before they reach the centre column which contains my
keywords. I need some way of laying out the table (or page) differently so
that the centre column is scaned first. How can I stick with the 3-column
approach but move the centre column further up in the page code?
 
Make the 1st row your content (w/ the cells to left / right of it empty)
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="table1">
<tr><td><br></td>
<td rowspan="2" valign="top"><br><br>PAGE CONTENT</td>
<td><br></td></tr>
<tr><td><table border="0" width="100%" id="table2">
<tr><td>Pic1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pic2</td></tr>
</table></td>
<td><table border="0" width="100%" id="table3">
<tr><td>Nav bar1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nav bar2</td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr></table>
</div>


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| I've divided my page into three columns by creating a table with one row and
| 3 columns. The first column is pictures of items for sale (in my case,
| pictures of houses), the second column is the text for the page (containing
| my keywords) and the third is my navigation buttons.
|
| My problem is that search engines scan tables from left to right, so there
| are hundreds of lines before they reach the centre column which contains my
| keywords. I need some way of laying out the table (or page) differently so
| that the centre column is scaned first. How can I stick with the 3-column
| approach but move the centre column further up in the page code?
 
Stefan

Thanks a million. Tried it and it works great. My centre text has now moved
from line 280 on my page to line 100, which is a big improvement.

Doug
 
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